One-Trip Expandable Screen Installation Solves Water and Sand Management and Gas Production Issues in Nile Delta

In January 2006 El-Wastani Petroleum took a step<br>outside the proverbial “box” and made a decision to use<br>expandable technology as a solution for an existing<br>problem. The well, Gelgel #2, located in the Nile Delta<br>Field of South Manzala, was a prolific gas producer<br>whose upper sand body had watered out. Along with the<br>water came the inevitable sand production from this<br>Miocene Age sandstone. The need to shut off the water<br>and provide sand control within a limited work space<br>was the challenge.